Solomon, Keneth Maurice Halgren

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B.A. (Syd. et Oxon.), Law I : Lieutenant, 4th Battn. Worcester Regt., Gallipoli. Enlisting in London in August, 1914, joined the "London Irish", being commissioned three and a half months later in 11th Gloucesters. Served at Gallipoli in 29th Division, with 4th Worcesters until wounded 22nd August, 1915, and evacuated to hospital. Died of Wounds, Devonport Hospital, England, 18th September, 1915, and was buried in Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. John's College, Oxford, and the Inner Temple. "We have lost a distinguished mind and what is finer, a true and valorous man."

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1888

Birth in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 4 October 1888
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1911

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1911
1914

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 1914
1914

Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey 1 August 1914
1914

Enlisted 1 Aug 1914 at Westminster [ London England ]
1915

Wounded 22 Aug 1915 at Gallipoli [ Turkey ]
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Buried at Willesden Jewish Cemetery : Willesden [ Middlesex England ]
1915

Death in Devonport -Devonport Hospital-, England 18 September 1915

Gender

Male

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Grave of Kenneth Maurice Halgren SOLOMON, Willesden Jewish Cemetery, England [ jpg ]

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